On May 7, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission staff hosted a seminar on Consumer Generated and Controlled Health Data. The seminar addressed the increasing role consumers are taking in managing and generating their own health data. For example, consumers are researching their health conditions and...

WARNING: Don’t be fooled by companies that promise, in return for paying them a fee, that you will collect a share of a money judgment entered in a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission. When the Commission successfully collects money that is to be returned to consumers, it does not require...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a public workshop entitled “Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion?” in Washington on Sept. 15, 2014, to further explore the use of “big data” and its impact on American consumers, including low income and underserved consumers. “A growing number of...